Intro (C, Am, F, G) x6
Am G
When I was a young boy I went down to the county fair
Am G
Brought myself a nickel bought a pickle had change to spare
Am G
Thought I'd spend a cent or two to see what the robots could do
C Am (F, G)
There were wires all around
C Am (F, G)
Electrical sounds
C Am (F, G)
Steam from their exhausts
C Am F G
Gears and coils all criss-crossed Ah ah ah ha ha Eay
C Am F G
Everybody's going to the clockwork vaudeville
C Am F G
Everybody wants to see the show
C Am F G
People crowd the door and scream and shout for more
C Am F G
While music and song fill the air
F
Clockwork vaudeville Clockwork vaudeville
G
Clockwork vaudeville Clockwork vaudeville
(C Am F G) x4
Am G
There were four metal people dressed oh so sharply
Am G
They sung and danced a catchy tune with automaton robotic ease
Am G
Their guitar strings hummed to the beat kept by their tambourine
C Am F G
Boilers making steam ah ha ha ha ha
C Am F G
Metal gleaming ah ha ha ha ha
C Am F G
Songs with a good tune ah ha ha ha ha
C Am F G
That would stick with you all through the afternoon Ooo ooo ooo who who
C Am F G
Everybody's going to the clockwork vaudeville
C Am F G
Everybody wants to see the show
C Am F G
People crowd the door and scream and shout for more
C Am F G
While music and song fill the air
F
Clockwork vaudeville Clockwork vaudeville
G
Clockwork vaudeville Clockwork vaudeville
Am F G
A man came up to me after the show after the show
He had a moustache
Am F G
And asked me if I'd like to meet the robots up close the robots up close
Not programmed to bite
Am F G
Well they greeted me and one shook my hand one shook my hand
Absolutely cool
Am F G
And asked me if I'd like to join his robot band I said oh yeah
Oh yeah yeah yeah yeah-ah-ah
C Am F G
Everybody's going to the clockwork vaudeville
C Am F G
Everybody wants to see the show
C Am F G
People crowd the door and scream and shout for more
C Am F G
While music and song fill the air
F
Clockwork vaudeville Clockwork vaudeville
G
Clockwork vaudeville Clockwork vaudeville
Am G Am
When I was a young boy I went down to the county fair